Cora continued to rebuke Ileus. "You should have waited before rushing into the marriage. Was it necessary to fulfill the prophecy so soon? Couldn't you restrain yourself and keep your kingdom's duties before your own stupid needs?"
Ileus was stunned into silence at his grandmother's outburst. She was trying to make him feel guilty and it was working. She was trying to rile up Anastasia and make her feel like the worst thing that could happen to them, and it was working.
Seeing her flaring up so rudely Pierre shouted, "Cora, you are going beyond limits! So, shut up."
"Oh please, why should I shut up when I am pointing out the bitter truth?" she retorted. "It's not like—"
"Mother," Dmitri interrupted her. "When I met Adri, I couldn't wait to marry her. I see history repeating. At that also you protested against the marriage because of Kiesha and once again you are doing the same thing."
